Pursuant to section
1028(b) of the Dodd-Frank Act, the Bureau issued a final rule establishing 12
CFR part 1040 to regulate arbitration agreements in contracts for specified
consumer financial product and services.

On September 26, 2013, 78 FR 59163, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) published in the Federal Register an interim final rule establishing procedures for the issuance of a temporary cease-and-desist order (TCDO) pursuant to section 1053(c) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act), which requires the Bureau to prescribe rules establishing procedures for the conduct of adjudication proceedings.